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Tiffany Wise-West illuminates the Santa Cruz City Climate Action Plan
Dr. Tiffany Wise-West is the Sustainability and Climate Action Manager at the City of Santa Cruz, California. She is a licensed professional civil engineer with over 25 years of experience in municipal environmental planning, programming, policy and...
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Women at the center of Santa Cruz’s early winemaking industry
The Santa Cruz Mountains American Viticultural Area (AVA) stretches along the mountains, the only AVA in the US to be defined by terrain rather than geographical boundaries. Before there was an AVA in these mountains, there were women: women in the vineyards, women in...
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Kris Desmond – Grandjury
Kris Demond joins host Mathilde Rand to talk about the Santa Cruz County Grand Jury. Have you ever wondered what a Grand Jury does? Have you ever considered to be on a Grand Jury? Kris will have those answers and much more on Exploring Santa Cruz. For all your...
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Elnaz Sarbar Boczek – Potzilla
Elnaz Sarbar Boczek shares her encounter with Potzilla. Featured picture courtesy of Kamshotthat.
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Making a Case for Compassion with Guest Sara Schairer
Making a Case for Compassion with special guest Sara Schairer This month, we are excited to have Sara Schairer, compassion educator, as our guest. Sara Schairer is the founder and executive director of Compassion It®, a nonprofit organization and global social...
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Margie Kern Marshall – Applause
Margie Kern-Marshall applauds the Santa Cruz Symphony. Photo courtesy Harrison Haines
![What’s Up? With Cosmic Joe Jordan](https://ksqd.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/PIA01370thumb.jpg)
What’s Up? With Cosmic Joe Jordan
Find out where to look for a rare convergence of planets in the night sky, plus a bit of speculation about the objects shot down by the military. Heads up! By mid-February 2023, Venus and Jupiter are super noticeable in the west after sunset. Look toward the sunset...
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Pajaro Valley Arts’ New Beginnings Exhibit
Over 98 artists have their work hanging in at the Pajaro Valley Arts New Beginnings Exhibit in Watsonville. Find out why the title is so appropriate to our time and what might be in store for visitors.
![Still thriving after all these years: Bargetto Winery turns 90](https://ksqd.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/BargettoBanner-1080x600.jpg)
Still thriving after all these years: Bargetto Winery turns 90
On Talk of the Bay, third-generation winemaker John Bargetto joins host Suki Wessling to talk about his family winery's history and present. Started the day Prohibition was enacted, the winery struggled to find its purpose in a country that first made wine illegal,...
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Saving Some Heritage Trees
Gillian Greensite and John Hall discuss saving heritage trees on Lot 4 in Santa Cruz. All of the trees are slated to be removed to make way for the new mixed-use project. Gillian and John discuss the ill-fated results of removing all trees and propose saving some...